What Does Math Have to Do with It?
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What does math have to do with it? What does math have to do with . Music? More with Physics and Math actually. Take the piano for example, the wavelength of each of the strings plays a different sound when it is shorten or lengthen. It uses the characteristics of fractions. Violins, Guitars, and pretty much any string instruments. Instruments like Flutes make use of the resonance effect of sound waves. In Physics we have a formula for calculating "Beats" in Hz. It goes as Fbeat = l f1 - f2 l. If f1 and f2 are the same, then we do not get a beat. l...l are absolute value signs Rhythms are math-based, with the notes being fractions- Whole notes, 4 beats Half notes, 1/2 * 4 = 2 beats Quarter notes, 1 beat Dot behind the note means you multiply by 1.5. Also, the way musical patterns work, they work by numbers. Chords are always a certain amount of half-notes apart. A major chord, with 1 being the base note, goes 1, up 4 then up 3. Scales are always 7 notes (the 8th note being the 1st note, an octave higher). I think that the musical theory just uses the same area of your brain as mathematical concepts, so learning one will help improve your ability to learn the other What does math have to do with . Cooking? Ratios: Relationships between quantities That ingredients have relationships to each other in a recipe is an important concept in cooking. It's also an important math concept. In math, this relationship between 2 quantities is called a ratio. If a recipe calls for 1 egg and 2 cups of flour, the relationship of eggs to cups of flour is 1 to 2. In mathematical language, that relationship can be written in two ways: 1/2 or 1:2 or one to two Both of these express the ratio of eggs to cups of flour: 1 to 2. If you mistakenly alter that ratio, the results may not be edible. Working with proportion All recipes are written to serve a certain number of people or yield a certain amount of food. You might come across a cookie recipe that makes 2 dozen cookies, for example. What if you only want 1 dozen cookies? What if you want 4 dozen cookies? Understanding how to increase or decrease the yield without spoiling the ratio of ingredients is a valuable skill for any cook. Math in Cooking Math and the ability to tell time are essentials when it comes to cooking. In fact, all phases of cooking require some math, including meal planning, grocery shopping, food budgeting, baking, measuring ingredients, adjusting recipes, and storing and freezing food. Precision matters when it comes to adding and combining ingredients. While basic math comprehension may get you by in the kitchen, a thorough understanding of addition, subtraction, division, fractions, measurements and knowing how to make conversions are essentials for routine cooking and meal planning. Math and the Food Budget If an individual makes $200 a week, and the following bills are due: $50 phone, $75 electric, and $20 or gas, that will leave $55 for groceries. Meals and necessities will have to be planned according to a budget of $55, which must include tax. Math and Meal Planning Planning meals and making a grocery list demand basic math skills. Grocery store items may have to be doubled if a recipe is for four servings and eight servings are needed. The number of people being served will determine how recipes must be adjusted. Math and Grocery Shopping Basic addition and subtraction are in order to stay within budget. Additionally, you can calculate the cost of items to be purchased and sales tax, you'll be able to adjust spending to take advantage of any sale items and specials. Math and the Oven Baking requires the ability to tell time and how to determine cooking times. If 1 lb. of turkey meat requires 20 minutes of roasting time, how long will it take to cook an 18-lb. bird in a 325-degree F oven? You also must be able to read thermometers to determine cooking time. Math and Stove Top Cooking In certain instances, stove top cooking time may need to be adjusted to accommodate a specific weight of food or type of meat for dinner. If you're making candy for dessert, you must also be able to read a thermometer. Math and Measuring Ingredients While just about every task in the kitchen requires some type of math, measuring ingredients demands the most precision. If you're going to make chocolate chip cookies, you'll have to use both cups and spoons to measure out the ingredients. If the cookies are for a bake sale, then you'll want to double the recipe. What does math have to do with . Photography? In digital photography it could be used when editing or taking the picture an example could be changing pixels or maybe angles needed for a picture. In manual film cameras math is needed much more like when mixing chemicals The aperture on a camera (controls the amount of light let on to the film to capture the image) and shutter time (how long the light is let on to the film) has to be determined. All mostly has to do with times on exposure and chemical ratios. What does math have to do with . Science? Simple. Science is based upon theory and/or outcome. Basic probability. Combine elements and get compounds. Mix electrons, neutrons, protons to build or destroy universes. All of physical matter is based upon a mathematical formula that keeps things in balance (think equation). And then there is Chemistry. Let’s mix things together in unknown amounts and see what happens! Getting interested – delve into Physics – how the world is what it is, black holes, string cheese theory, quantum leaps and bounds into the smallest and largest realms of the cosmos. What does math have to do with . Sports? How many of us would rather watch ESPN's Sportscenter than do math homework? Anything that has to do with numbers/math relating to any sport should be a listed below. Baseball Other than being able to count to three outs or nine innings or add up the score, not much. Baseball players have not typically been recognized as towering intellects, which is not to say that all baseball players are stupid, just that being terribly smart is not required to be a good player. But, mathematics can be used to analyze baseball and that's an entirely different story. Understanding the physics and math behind the sport can be an extensive field of study. Some would say that you need to be fairly intelligent in math to analyze baseball. Statistics on certain hitters and pitchers determine what a coach or player will do in certain situations at certain points of the game. Also the players in the field can watch a ball come off of a bat and determine how far it will fly or what kind of bounce it will take when it hits the ground. There are tons of examples in baseball and you need to be very attentive to succeed in this sport. Not to mention that the game of baseball is driven by statistics. From batting average, to earned run average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, etc... Batting Average Batting average is the most widely used and recognized measure of a hitter. Calculating a player's batting average can be done in four easy steps: 1.) Add up the number of hits the player has. 2.) Add up the number of at bats. Note: At bats include every time you hit safely or hit into an out, including a strike out. Getting on base by an error or fielder's choice is considered an out. A Sacrifice, walk or hit by pitch is not counted as an at bat. 3.) Divide hits by at bats. 4.) Round off to the third decimal place. (So .30012=.300) Slugging Percentage Slugging percentage, like batting average, is a way of using math to analyze a baseball player. Slugging percentage is different than batting average in that it show's a hitters power, whereas batting average shows only how often a player gets a hit. Slugging percentage is calculated in four steps: 1.) Add up all official at bats. Remember: don't include at bats which resulted in a walk, sacrifices, or hit by pitch. 2.) Add up total bases. (How many bases the hitter reached in all the times he hit safely.) 3.) Divide total bases by official at bats. 4.) Round to the third decimal place, just like batting average. Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the mathematical and statistical analysis of baseball. Sabermetrics has become widely popular among Major League Baseball GM's and front offices. It's a non-traditional way of evaluating hitting performance, pitching performance, and fielding performance. Using sabermetrics has helped smaller market teams compete with larger market, big money franchises like the New York Yankees. This is because sabermetrics calls into question the statistical methods historically used to evaluate baseball teams and personnel. For example, batting average has traditionally been how hitters are evaluated. It follows, then, that players with the highest batting averages earn the biggest contracts, thus costing more and making it difficult for small market teams to acquire them. (Baseball does not have a salary cap, so big- money teams like the Yankees generally are loaded with hitters who have high batting averages. But, teams that buy into sabermetrics will value players with high on base percentages (which takes into account at bats that result in walks and hit by pitch) over those with only a high batting average.